And why is Hamas in power in the Gaza Strip? Because Israel wanted them to be. Israel has supported Hamas in the past to make the indigenous Palestinian resistance seem like "extremists" and "terrorists."And by the way, many people spend way too much time on facebook and can even be addicted to internet pornography. Unfortunately, rather than getting people the counseling they need, Hamas is simply punishing them.We need to ask ourselves what is the source of these problems. Who is resposible for producing over 50 percent of internet pornography although they are less than one percent of the world's population? Zionists. And who invented Facebook? A zionist. And who controls the international drug trade? Zionists. At least Hamas is recognizing that there is a problem, although I don't agree with their way of dealing with it. Hanging shouldn't be used, especially for first-time offenders. Unfortunately, Gazans don't have access to counseling because of the blockade. Hamas is forced to use draconian shariah law in order to keep order, which allows Israel to portray Hamas as "fundamentalists." If it weren't for the illegal blockade, Gazans could develop their economy and provide proper counseling for those addicted to internet pornography, drugs, and facebook.

Why didn't you mention our control of the international banking system too while you're at it. And no one can forget that we use christian blood to make our matzoh. Your entire post is so full of lies I have a hard time finding any truth in it.

Dutch pornographers are zionists? Darn! And all this time I thought they were merely bestialists!

Yes yes, tayere freindn, most bestiality porn, as well as sm porn and underage porn, is produced in the Netherlands (the Japanese are second to the Dutch, however - Scandinavians and Russians collectively a distant third). But, as we have been told, porn is a Zionist plot.

Gevalt-hu akbar!

So please - protect your underage camels! For the love of Allah, will no one think of the underage camels??!!????!!??

Yes, much of the porn is made in the Netherlands, but it isn't made by Dutch, but rather by Jewish people--the producers and directors, not the actors of course....there is no demand to see Jewish actors with their clothes off. Several of the people on the flotilla who were massacred were trained counselors sent to help counsel Gaza's traumatized children...but Israel doesn't want counseling for them. Over half the population of Gaza is children, and Israel constantly flies war planes over them, threatening to fire missiles. Many of these children suffered sexual abuse at the hands of Israeli soldiers during the occupation of Gaza and during the recent Israeli aggression against Gaza, during which Israel used WMDs--white phospherous, prohibited by international law.

Flair Hickory, whether you agree with Hamas or not, I don't think you should criticize them. That just feeds into the pro-Israel narrative/propaganda. Addictions, whether to pornography or drugs, affect not only the addict, but also the entire community, and that is the reality that Hamas has to deal with. I do agree with you, however, about the urgent need for counseling for Gaza's children; according to a recent U.N. report, 85 percent of Gaza's children suffer from bedwetting. They are embarrassed to go to sleepovers. To make matters worse, Drynites--diapers for older bedwetting children--are on the list of banned items that Israel won't allow into the Gaza strip, meaning that Gaza's children have to wake up in wet sheets. Meanwhile, over in Sderot, the Jewish children have free access to Drynites, and the only time they feel soaking wet is when they're swimming in their luxurious swimming pools. They can go to sleepovers at their friends houses, swim in the swimming pools, and then put on a Drynite, which disappears discretely under pajamas. For Gaza, however, there are no sleepovers. The only solution is to immediately end the blockade, which is illegal under international law. If the situation were reversed, and Palestinians swam in pools while Jews swam in their own pee, Barack Obama would be sending warships to break the blockade. Palestinian lives are no less valuable than Jewish lives.

Yonatan, I am not a porn addict. I was merely making a point about the negative effects of porno on a society. You claim you can point to a lie in what I say and yet you dont'...that's because what I say is correct and you know it.Concerned Spectator, I don't take sides. I just see the truth as I see it. And I see major problems with Hamas. Granted, it is Israel's fault that Hamas is in power, but that shouldn't mean that Hamas is free from criticism. When we stop speaking the truth because we fear it will make "our side" less than perfect, we become no better than the zionists.As for the Gaza children not being able to go to sleepovers, since it is 85 percent as you say, they are in the majority and shouldn't be ashamed of it. If Hamas really wants to show leadership, they should work to end the stigma about bedwetting among Palestinian children, so that they can have sleepovers. I personally was a bedwetter until I was 17, but we didn't have drynites then, just cloth diapers, so it shows that it's nothing to be ashamed of. My point is that we need to think outside the box and not believe something just because our side is supposed to believe it. Try opening your mind.

Yonatan, that is the most childish form of insult to make some of someone's name, and it just proves that you have no valid rebuttal. You claim that I'm wrong, and yet the only proof you bring is mocking my name. I could make fun of your name too if I wanted to, but I'm not that immature. Grow up.

You guys really are spending a remarkable amount of time fantasizing about children's sleepover parties in sderot. Look i don't know about letting stuff into gaza, but i sure as shit wouldn't let either of you into my home.

and I know porno and facebook really cause trouble for society, and its a serious problem that hamas has to contend with and all, but - and I'm just gonna throw this out there, call me crazy - people being lined up on the floor by the dozens and shot repeatedly by masked gunmen screaming alahu akhbar? also problematic to society.

QUOTE: Anti-Semitism Is Salonfähig Again The Gaza flotilla was a perfect piece of Islamist theater, revealing an old European hatredBy Leon de Winter

It's a fascinating phenomenon: Why do people and organizations that present themselves as progressive team up with reactionary Muslims?The Free Gaza group is just such a Leftist-Islamist alliance. Well, Gaza is already free. Israel withdrew from the narrow strip five years ago. And there is also no need for any humanitarian aid. Well over a million tons of humanitarian supplies entered Gaza from Israel over the last 18 months, equaling nearly a ton of aid for every man, woman and child in Gaza. But Gaza's population voted in democratic elections to be ruled by a party whose hatred of Jews is the cornerstone of its existence. Anyone who doubts this should read the Hamas manifesto on the Internet. The fact that Gaza is completely "judenrein" isn't enough for Hamas. It wants Israel to be "judenrein" too. The Israeli blockade for "strategic goods" is therefore not designed to punish ordinary Palestinians but to prevent Hamas from obtaining heavy weapons and building bunkers. It's as simple as that. Contrary to Gaza, Chechnya, for example, isn't free. The Russians have crushed the struggle for independence of the Chechens by carpet-bombing their capital. And what about a Kurdish state? The Turks and Iraqis have inflicted unspeakable horrors on the Kurds. And yet, there are no Free Kurdistan flotillas sailing toward Turkey, and Russian officials don't have to fear to be arrested in European capitals for war crimes.Here are some more facts—lousy, stubborn facts. Let's look at the infant mortality rate in Gaza. It is a key number that says a lot about the state of hygiene, nutrition, and health care. In Israel the infant mortality rate is 4.17 per 1,000 births, which is about the same as in Western countries. In Sudan the rate is 78.1, that is, one in 13 infants die at birth. In Gaza, infant mortality per 1,000 births is 17.71. Yes, that's higher than in Israel, but much lower than in Sudan. And Turkey's infant mortality rate? Well, that's 24.84. Yes, more infants die at birth in Turkey than in Gaza. Here is another fact. Life expectancy at birth is 73.68 years in Gaza. And in Turkey, Gaza's new protector, life expectancy is only 72.23 years. If the Israelis really wanted to make the lives of Palestinians short and nasty, then they are obviously doing something wrong.The progressives don't care for any other group of poor or suppressed Muslims. They only cry for the "victims" of the Jews. Why is that so?

Read more here:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704575304575296463512785910.html

Back of the Hill, the reason that progressives are opposed to the illegal occupation of Palestine is because it's the worst human rights violation in our time, and because we are responsible for it in that Israel is the ally of western nations. America doesn't support the crimes of sudan or north korea, and yet it is American-made apache helicopters that are flying over Gaza bombing them.

Hickie wrote: "Over half the population of Gaza is children....Many of these children suffered sexual abuse at the hands of Israeli soldiers during the occupation of Gaza and during the recent Israeli aggression against Gaza, during which Israel used WMDs--white phospherous, prohibited by international law."

Hick and Concerned. You must be bored if writing this drivel is your best passtime. Though I must say it is amusing that such transparent rubbish gets taken so seriously. What I want to know is does Ismail Haniye go to sleepovers or maybe he wets his bed as well?

And why is Hamas in power in the Gaza Strip? Because Israel wanted them to be. LIE

Israel has supported Hamas in the past to make the indigenous Palestinian resistance seem like "extremists" and "terrorists." LIE

And by the way, many people spend way too much time on facebook and can even be addicted to internet pornography. Unfortunately, rather than getting people the counseling they need, Hamas is simply punishing them. THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY MUSLIM GROUP TO DO THIS.

We need to ask ourselves what is the source of these problems. Who is resposible for producing over 50 percent of internet pornography although they are less than one percent of the world's population? Zionists. LIE

And who invented Facebook? A zionist. A JEW, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT PERSON IS A ZIONIST?

And who controls the international drug trade? Zionists. LIE

At least Hamas is recognizing that there is a problem, although I don't agree with their way of dealing with it. Hanging shouldn't be used, especially for first-time offenders. TRUE

Unfortunately, Gazans don't have access to counseling because of the blockade. WHY, COUNSELORS HAVE TO COME FROM THE OUTSIDE?

Hamas is forced to use draconian shariah law in order to keep order, which allows Israel to portray Hamas as "fundamentalists." HAMAS WANTS SHARIA LAW - IT IS NOT FORCED TO HAVE IT.

If it weren't for the illegal blockade, Gazans could develop their economy and provide proper counseling for those addicted to internet pornography, drugs, and facebook. THE BLOCKADE IS NOT ILLEGAL. IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM CONSTANTLY TRYING TO KILL ISRAELI'S THEY COULD HAVE LOTS OF THINGS, BUT THATS NOT THEIR END GOAL OR THE END GOAL OF THE ENTIRE MUSLIM WORLD.

Feel better now, liar? If this is you being a grown up, you have a long way to go.

Yonatan, Calm down and stop feeding the trolls. Anyone who can write "If Hamas really wants to show leadership, they should work to end the stigma about bedwetting among Palestinian children, so that they can have sleepovers. I personally was a bedwetter until I was 17..." is not for real and needn't be taken seriously.

Lol flair is "goying up" what they're calling what the priests do to little boys these days? because, yeah, that's exactly what I don't want you doing in my home.

And just because nobody's addressed this, I'm just gonna make a note here: white phosphorous is not a WMD. I can see here you are just mouthing words that you heard back during the war. I don't think you actually know what phosphorous is.

it's a combustive chemical that burns very brightly and is used in flares (u should know about those, flair) and as coating for tracer bullets by all armies around the world. It also has many uses in civilian life. If the chemical comes into direct contact with human skin, it will cause burns, and its usage AS AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON - i.e. a phosphorous shell or grenade being fired at people - is banned by international law.

Phosphorous flares were used in Gaza to paint military targets for artillery and arial bombardment. If someone were to pick up such a phosphorous flare, or if one fell on them, this would cause injury. And, as a propaganda monkey such as yourself can attest to, as soon as somebody shouts WMD OMG ILLEGAL PHOSPHOROUS in the press, what it actually is or how it was actually used becomes completely irrelevant because armies of parrots such as yourself will just keep shouting those words as if they mean something.